Hanger for draperies



May 31, 1932. J WITTEMANN HANGER FOR DRAPERIES Filed July 26, 1930 I O 6% W W ZW INVENTOR. I T/Vi'ZYZemarm A TTORNE Y.

Patented May 31 1932 UNHTED STATES.

JOHN WITTEMANN, DE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA HANGER FOR DRAPERIES Application filed. July 26,

) the window casing, and provided with means whereby the usual hooks engaging the draperies may be connected and disconnected from the hanger without loss of time.

The invention resides in a flat metal strip, provided with perforations to permit the strip to be easily secured in position in relation to the window casing. At regularly spaced intervals, a partial perforation is made in the strip, leaving a projecting tongue which is bent so as to stand at an angle to the plane of the strip. The tongues are perforated at their free ends, to receive the hooks which are attached to the draperies. lVith the draperies provided with hooks, it is but the work of a moment to engage the hooks with the perforations in the tongues, to hang the draperies in position about the window.

My invention will now be specifically described, and the novelty residing therein will be pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a metal strip provided with a plurality of spaced tongues displaced from the plane of the strip, and perforated at their free ends for receiving the hooks attached to the draperies;

Fig. 2 is a conventional view showing in section a portion of a window casing, and showing also my improved strip as attached in horizontal position; and

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the strip as attached in vertical position.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates a flat metal strip of suitable gauge and width, and of selected material, provided with spaced perforations 11, by means of which the strip may be secured in position upon a part of the window casing. The numerals 12 indicate spaced partial perforations throughout the length of the strip,"the punched out parts forming ears 13, which in the punching operation, are deflected from the plane of the strip, so as to stand at anangle thereto. A

perforation 14 is made near the free end of each of the ears 13.

1930. Serial No. 471,044.

The blank strip is fed progressively through a punching press, certain punches of which will form the perforations 11 and 14, while another punch will form the partial perforations 12, and deflect the partially punched tongue from the plane of the strip, so as to form the ears 13. The strip is fed step-by-step through the punching press, so as to produce the perforations and ears in the desired spaced relation.

Thestrip may be applied in the horizontal position shown in Fig. 2, or in the vertical position shown in Fig. 3, or in any other desired manner, so that the perforations 14 in the ears 13 will beeasily accessible for insertion there in of the hooks 15, which are attached in suitable number to the pendant drapery 16. The simplicity of the construction permits the production of an efiicient drapery hanger at a very low cost, and its features are such that the draperies may be hung and removed with a minimum expenditure of effort and time.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. A drapery hanger comprising a metal strip having spaced perforations by which the strip may be attached to a window casing and also perforated at points in its length to provide a plurality of tongues attached at one end to the strip and free at the other, the said tongues being deflected at an angle to the plane of the strip and perforated at their free ends for the reception of hooks attached to the draperies.

2. A drapery hanger comprising a metal strip having spaced perforations through which the strip may be attached to a window casing, and also perforated at other points in its length to provide a plurality of portions displacedfrom the plane of the strip and at one side of the latter, such displaced portions carrying means for engagement of hooks attached to the draperies, for suspending the latter. 1

In testimon whereof, I have signed my name at Los ngeles, this 6th day of June, 1930.

JOHN WITTEMANN. 

